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H. F. CLARK.

l 1 CARTRIDGE. No. 310,650. Patented Jan. 13,1885.

HENRY F. CLARK, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION fozmin'g'part of Letters Patent No. 310,650, dated January 13, 1885.

Application tiled September 13, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. CLARK, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Cartridges, of which the following is a specification.

Cartridges for breech have been made with a metallic case or shell having a bullet within the forward end and lubricating material Within the shell and around the point of the bullet. In other instances the bullet has been surrounded by a patch formed of astrip of paper, and this has been inserted at the end ofthe cartridgecase and lubricating material applied between the base ofthe bullet and wads that rest upon the pow-l der. In shooting with cartridges of these characters I find in practice the following difficulties: Where the lead bullet comes in contact withthe riding of the barrel, the lead is liable to adhere and be scraped off into such grooves, notwithstanding the lubricating material upon the point of the bullet. Vhere the paper patch is used, the friction causes the patch to break and to rub olf and foul the barrel, and the grease and wads following the same do not remove the difficulty. Besides t this, the grease is liable to injure the powder.

My invention has been made for removing or preventing difficulties that I have encountered in extensive practice inrifle teams and otherwise. I make use of a bullet that is provided with a patch composed ot' a strip of paper tighi ly surrounding the bullet and secured in any suitable manner. I prefer the patched bullet shown in my Patent No. 286,887, and I insert this bullet into a metallic case that extends as far as the end of the bullet, or nearly so, and I till in the space around t-he point ot' the bullet andwithin'the case with a suitable lubrieating material, such as tallow or other mateloading fire arms and the patch itself is not injured inits passage through the barrel, and the patched bullet cleans out the barrel in the most perfect manner, and leaves the barrel with athin coating of lubricating material that prevents the gases and smoke adhering to the metal; hence these substances are removed by the passage of the next patched bullet, and the barrel is kept in perfect 'order even in very hot weather. In the drawings. Figure l is a longitudinal section ofthe cartridge, and Fig. 2 is a separate elevation ot' the patched bullet.

The bullet a is to be surrounded with the patch b, ot` paper, the same being applied in any. convenient manner. The shell c is of any desired size, shape, or length; but underall eircu instances it receives within it the patched bullet, with the point of the bullet about in line with the end of. the shell c. The space around the conical end of the bullet and the shell is filled with lubricating material, d, such as tallow or other suitable` substance. The tallow lubricates the barrel and the patch as the bullet is driven through the barrel, and it effectnally prevents injury to the barrel by the leading, and insures the proper passage of the paper patch without the same being disintegrated; hence the bullet is not in any way diverted in its ight, and the "surface of the bullet remains perfectly smooth and true. The patch is separated, and falls off as soon as the bullet leaves the barrel. The forward end of the cartridge-shell may be straight, as shown, or slightly contracted around t-he grease.

I claim as my inventionllhe combination, with the cartridge-shell, of a bullet having a paper patch aroundtthe same, and lubricating material introduced in the shell around the point of the ball, substantiall y as set forth. A

Signed by me this 10th day of September,

H. F. CLARK. Witnesses:

WILLIAM G. Morir, HAROLD SERRELL. 

